I started this blog in January 2006. In those almost 8 years I’ve posted almost 2600 blog posts, and you’ve commented almost 4500 times!

But now I find there are other things I want to do and create … keeping up this blog is not helping me reach those goals.

So I will be taking an indefinite break from updating Those Crazy Schuberts. Maybe I’ll come back to show you photos of our next vacation. Maybe I’ll redesign the whole site to just direct visitors to our other online presences. We’ll see. I’m not going away entirely; just from this particular site. For now.

You can continue to follow what Andrew and I are up to by following us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (links in the sidebar –>)

Not everyone can make a mini scrapbook every week or an art journal page every night. 30 Days of Lists is our encouragement and challenge to you that you CAN journal just something every day — even something as small as a list.

The original idea is to post just a photo each day instead of a whole blog post ….. but I am not even going to commit to that.

There *may* be photos here over the next month, but there may not be. We’ll see how I feel ….

At the moment, I’m just excited to have just a little more time every day for a short while…. But I’ve also ALREADY started planning and writing blog posts for when I return in September!

Those Crazy Schuberts will be back for sure Tuesday, September 4, 2012! With all kinds of photos and stories and updates! Our new front lawn and our Big Bear weekend and other stories ….. In the meantime you can check out all the other blogs participating in the August Break ….

Which means these last couple weeks (and next couple weeks) are full of baby shopping, baby showers and maternity photos….

Between the 2 of them, Joe and Kaitlin have so many family and friends that she actually is having 4 baby showers!!

Little Joey will be well-loved….

A couple weeks ago, there was a baby shower on Saturday (that I did not attend) and another on Sunday (the first of 3 I will attend)….

I drove down to Orange County with Julie a little bit early to help if we could:

This shower was thrown by Kaitlin’s friend (and bridesmaid) Lindsay as well as Kaitlin’s cousin’s fiancee Kahla.

They did a jungle-theme (which matches what Joey’s new bedroom will be decorated in)….

A couple of the shower “games” just waiting for guests

Ok. This cake. Creepiest, ever, right?

Andrew and Kaitlin’s cousin Chris made it (bless him) … Got the chocolate mold and covered OREO cookies with jungle-themed chocolate images (around the sides of the cake), and jungle-print edible paper as a border around the top …

But the top? That main image? That is one of the Gene Machine results…. At Dave and Buster’s a few years ago Joe and Kaitlin had their photos taken and processed together and *this* is what their future child will apparently look like …

No-neck and all

So Chris “borrowed” the photo to surprise Kaitlin with for the cake!

One of the fun little shower activities was making custom onesies with iron-on text/graphics….

A few images down you’ll see the clothes line set up with more onesies finished.

Guessing how big Kaitlin is

little boy gifts!

Kaitlin has such sweet friends …. so fun to spend the afternoon with them!

Andrew and his co-workers watch Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives during their lunch …. One of the great things about living in Los Angeles is so many of these well-known foodie places are within driving distance.

One of the ones from that show – Schooner or Later – is down south of us, not far from where Kaitlin and Joe live …

One Sunday morning recently we drove down for brunch with Kaitlin, Joe, Chris, Chris’s girlfriend Kahla, Kahla’s mom and some more of their friends …

Schooner or Later is pretty cute …. it’s right on the marina and there’s a dock specifically for Schooner or Later guests …

The *thing* to get there is a SCHOONER of beer (or Bloody Mary) … and The Mess.

We miss him a lot …. Andrew has already started selecting things to mail in a care package …

A couple days before Daniel left for Chicago, we headed up to Santa Clarita to do breakfast with him and the rest of the family.

I took my new video camera and got some footage!!

I’ll warn you now, it was noisy in the restaurant, so don’t expect crystal clear sound …. also, when I was filming the other side of the table was backlit so the exposure is not always correct. Or in focus. But I’m learning.

The first video – about halfway through is Julie talking about Daniel leaving.

The second video is Daniel talking about his move. With my leading questions, since he is not a super talkative boy….

Sitting down to edit text for a couple hours? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

Asking to borrow my big fancy camera and actually learning how to do the settings? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

He’s been working on a big big big project recently – and I love when he’s like this.

I love when Andrew starts getting ideas and following through on them, I love the way his brain works and how he uses his problem-solving skills to make something work better. I love when Andrew asks to borrow my camera!

He used to do all kinds of projects like screenprinting and such …

But this project that he’s been working on is a blog.

Andrew is a contributing writer to the BRAND NEW WhenIGoDeaf.com …. Launched by our friend Michael, this site is about all things vinyl. New releases and old, artwork and record companies.

The tag line of the site? ‘We are Vinyl Enthusiasts’

I’m super proud of him…. He’s writing about something he genuinely cares about and I think he’s having so much fun!

Thursday he’ll be posting about his genetic disposition to record collecting – you won’t want to miss it!